- The Tournament Director has added a new feature that allows users to submit live tournament results directly to the Hendon Mob database.
- “The Tournament Director will allow more players to be added to THM/GPI and is another step towards the eventual release of the GPID (Global Poker ID) that aims to become, in the next two years, a standard in the poker industry,” according to the press release.
The Tournament Director, software used to organize live poker tournaments, has added a new feature that allows users to submit live tournament results directly to the Hendon Mob database.
The software is used by tournament directors in casinos and clubs around the world to manage live events. The Hendon Mob (THM) is owned by Zokay Entertainment, parent company of the Global Poker Index.
In the press release announcing GPI's deal with the Aviation Cub de France and Casino Barcelona, GPI made clear the scope of their ambitions—“The goal is for every poker player, wherever they are in the world, to have an opportunity to be ranked on the Global Poker Index.”
“The Tournament Director will allow more players to be added to THM/GPI and is another step towards the eventual release of the GPID (Global Poker ID) that aims to become, in the next two years, a standard in the poker industry,” according to the press release.
Zokay and GPI CEO Alexandre Dreyfus has integrated live and online tournament results both by buying the Hendon Mob, and then cutting a deal with PocketFives to share data and allow each other’s customers mutual access.
With the control of a substantial proportion of the world’s tournament data, and playing details on players across the world, Dreyfus is creating a resource that can be exploited in countless ways to increase poker’s popularity, attract new players and make the experience more enjoyable for existing players.
